Muhammed’s uncle for example are real people who have become legends. Great epics have been written relating the stories of these heroes, such as the Iskendernâme, Battalnâme, Saltuknâme, Hamzanâme and Danismendnâme. Mythology has two dimensions, one vertical, the other horizontal....
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Eastern China. A stone inkstone was found in a 5,000-year-old archeological site in Jiazhai of Shanxi Province, a tradition much older than Japan’s. Above Duan inkstone with relief carving of kui dragon grasping suns.
The foreground scene features a familiar pairing of the god Fukurokuju, one of the seven lucky gods in Japanese mythology. Fukurokuju is usually portrayed with an exaggerated cranium as here and to add to the humour of the scene, Kunisada has included a second of the lucky gods, Daikoku, ...
Every national cinema has their own homegrown subgenres and mythology when it comes to horror films and I think Japan has some of the most unique and bizarre creatures of all such as the hopping Umbrella ghost from Yokai hyaku monogatari (1968, aka The Hundred Monsters) or the rampaging sto...
“Those who die without making their final testament, or with some unfinished business or desire, will find themselves thirsty in the afterlife. They will cry bitterly for a drink of water.” Further Reading: For more yurei stories, check out: ...
Carp art—and in particular koi art—is some of the most famous artwork to be exported from Asia. In "Chinese and Japanese Koi Fish Art", Chinese and Japanese carp paintings, koi art, and the history and cultural significance behind the carp are discusse
with the sole exception of pornographic figures and statues. This does not mean there were no earlier works of erotica; these early works were by highly literate nobles and were often considered works of art. Japanese mythology, later formulated into the system known as Shinto, makes multiple re...
since up till now, pictures were in separate panel form. This was to become the norm for later e-maki. The second scroll tells a story of Myoren healing the Emperor; The third scroll tells the story of Myoren’s sister who in her old age decided to find and re-united with him, he...
Over 1,000 Asama (Sengen) shrines exist across Japan, with the head shrines standing at the foot and the summit of Mount Fuji itself. In Shintō mythology, Konohana (lit = tree flower) is the daughter of Ōyamatsumi (the earthly kami of mountains). She was married to Ninigi 邇邇芸尊...